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noun
A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The smallest closed loop, enclosing the region between four lattice sites, in lattice gauge theory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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History
Borrowed from French plaquette (“small plaque”), allegedly coined in the 1860s.
